There was no way I wasn't

There was no way I wasn't going to get a photo of this guy and his hat in here:
 

Yes, this is

Yes, this is Tatooine...

This layout also had a very nice display of the difference in scale sizes:

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A little info on Z Bend Track

Hey Jeff,

Z Bend Track got their start and design from an N scale modular standard they we came up with back in the early 90's called Bend Track.  We wanted something different than NTrak because we wanted it to fit in a basement/house that had tighter restrictions and was tired of seeing the typical three mainlines running in a loop.

Several years after we got the standard laid out and a few shows under our belts, a fellow from Texas, Bill Kronenberger contacted me and was all excited about the standard and could see the benefits to it.  He started building several modules and forming a club.  Within a year however the Z scale bug bit him hard and switched scales.  We chatted several times about reducing our standard to Z scale and shortly he had the first of many Z Bend Track modules up and running with a group of friends from Texas.

Shortly after that, he called me and told me that he and his Texas group was able to get Z Bend Track set for the national Z scale modular standard.  I had the pleasure to meet Bill face to face in KC back in 98 when the NMRA held their show that year.  He took me on a tour of their HUGE setup, including a large portion that a single guy modeled of a section of track in Switzerland.  I forgot how long his modules stretched out, but It took two semi trailers to haul it from his home in the D.C. area!

It was quite spectacular.

Unfortunately, I heard that Bill passed away a couple of years after that.

I wish I would have been able to attend the show this year, but thanks for posting the pics.